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1890: Arrival at the Grand Hotel Belvedere in Davos, Switzerland by A.L.Henderson

In 1890, Queen Vitoria's court photographer A.L.Henderson recorded this wonderful scene at the Grand Hotel Belvedere in Davos, Switzerland. A true treasure of photography and hospitality. 

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At the WEF World Economic Forum, former soccer president Joseph "Sepp" Blatter meets UN Secretary General Kofi Anan at the Grand Hotel Belvedere Davos Switzerland.
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Richard Nixon and Zhou En Lai at Peoples Grand Hotel Xian, China (1972)
1932: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at the Caledonian Edinburgh
Paris: Best dressed American Barry Wall and Frank of the Ritz
People’s Grand Hotel Xian

During the research for his new book People's Grand Hotel Xi'an (China) Andreas Augustin explores a secret underground tunnel, which served as a path between the People's Grand Hotel and the next "Building No 2". The hotel was built in 1953, and this tunnel is today closed. More

Breakfast with Michael Shepherd Breakfast with

Breakfast with Michael Shepherd

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Michael Shepherd, General Manager of The London Hilton on Park Lane has breakfast with Andreas Augustin. He explains that a good hotelier may grow up over the years, but he never grows old.

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Boldt George C. of the Waldorf PERSONALITIES

Boldt George C. of the Waldorf

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The Waldorf-Astoria (spelled Waldorf=Astoria these days) for more than a century has been renowned; when established at the end of the nineteenth century it was not merely the largest hotel in the world, but its proprietor George C. Boldt was called “the inventor of the modern hotel.”

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Mourby of Rome — Eden Adrian Mourby

Mourby of Rome — Eden

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In October 1889 Francesco Nistelweck achieved his dream of converting a three-storey palazzo on the top of the Pincian Hill into a new 63-bedroom hotel of his own that he called The Eden.

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Breakfast with Franck Lafourcade, Metropole Hanoi Breakfast with

Breakfast with Franck Lafourcade, Metropole Hanoi

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He managed the Metropole Hanoi, A Sofitel Legend Hotel, from 2000-2005, and returned to the helm of Hanoi's most famous hotel in 2013 for a second term.

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Hilton, Conrad Nicholson PERSONALITIES

Hilton, Conrad Nicholson

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Conrad Nicholson Hilton, (1887-1979), born in 1887 in San Antonio, New Mexico, was an American entrepreneur. In 1919, he actually wanted to buy a bank. While waiting for a room at the lobby of the Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas, in 1919, he approached the innkeeper and made him an offer.

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Making Of Oriental Bangkok The Making Of Books

Making Of Oriental Bangkok

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In 1994, Kurt Wachtveitl, a general manager almost as famous as the hotel he run, invited us to Bangkok, where I had the privilege of meeting a few fantastic 'assistants':

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Somerset Maugham arrives at the Oriental PERSONALITIES

Somerset Maugham arrives at the Oriental

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"The hotel faced the river. My room was dark, one of a long line, with a verandah on each side of it, the breeze blew through, but it was stifling. The dining-room was large and dim, and for coolness"

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Breakfast with Ciriaco Campus, Reid’s Palace, Madeira Breakfast with

Breakfast with Ciriaco Campus, Reid’s Palace, Madeira

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At Reid’s Palace on the flower-island Madeira, Portugal, off the western shores of Northern Africa, I am having breakfast with Ciriaco Campus, the general manager

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They said ... TRAVEL

They said ...

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"The consumption of oysters should be urgently advised against!" Baedeker, Twain, Wilde and Vogue's Book of Etiquette. This is our growing collection of remarkable hospitality related quotes.

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Breakfast with Christian Tavelli, Hotel Ritz, Madrid Breakfast with

Breakfast with Christian Tavelli, Hotel Ritz, Madrid

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The Ritz Madrid is one of the elegant classic Grand Hotels of Europe. It was built in 1910, today it is managed by Christian Tavelli.

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Bristol - who or what’s behind the popular hotel name HOTELS

Bristol - who or what’s behind the popular hotel name

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The Earl of Bristol has nothing to do with the city of Bristol. All hotels called Bristol have! Soon we realised that this was a dilemma all Bristol hotels around the world suffered from. They all told the same story.

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Londra Palace: Tchaikovsky’s Lions Adrian Mourby

Londra Palace: Tchaikovsky’s Lions

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Hotel Londra Palace in Venice offers one of those hotel puzzles that can be found all over Europe. Our contributing editor and roving correspondent, ADRIAN MOURBY makes friends with two hotel lions and unearths the history of Venice's Londra Palace Hotel.

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